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Bird7
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_ 		16. March 2006 @ 09:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey i got an XP Home SP1 install cd. I load it up and i get DR-DOS, i go into fdisk to format the drive but it says it cant because its in STANDARD MODE, how do i get out, and then whats the command to get it to install XP.

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philraz
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_ 		16. March 2006 @ 22:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok is your bios set to boot from cd ?
if so if dr dos is still appearing dowload a win 98 boot disc from here and fdisk your drive

http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files010.shtml

then repartition your drive dont worry about formating the instalation disk will do that for you
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Bird7
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_ 		17. March 2006 @ 08:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The floppy drive doesnt work and i would just like to install XP on this hdd, got any solutions
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_ 		17. March 2006 @ 11:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
have your floppy disk and your HDD been right configurated in bios. Also when you didn't use the right disk there will be errors.
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philraz
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_ 		17. March 2006 @ 11:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
have you checked that your cdrom is set as your first boot device in your bios ?
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Bird7
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_ 		17. March 2006 @ 13:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i am not an idiot. Everything is setup right. I put in the XP SP1 install disk. I get DR-DOS A:/ , so i naturally go setup. Which I know will start the install but i get an error. this DR-DOS thing sucks. I would like to know if there is a DOS version that boot via UBS.

""xbade !1!!!111!11!11!!!11!!Newbie!!!11!!!11111!!!11!1111!
have your floppy disk and your HDD been right configurated in bios. Also when you didn't use the right disk there will be errors.""
sucka a lemon, i like em. You dont know jack.
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philraz
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_ 		17. March 2006 @ 15:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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ddp
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_ 		17. March 2006 @ 15:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Bird7, knock off the attitude!!!. dr-dos is digital research dos like the same as ms-dos 6 series. does the xp cd actually bootup at all??
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Bird7
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_ 		18. March 2006 @ 04:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
the xp cd boot and it says DR-DOS A:/ yeah thats all nice but when i type setup like a normal DOS would understand this doesnt work. I get the error. I dont know why. is DR-DOS advanced, am i not doing something right?
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pulsar
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_ 		23. March 2006 @ 10:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Quote;

"am i not doing something right?"

Well going by one of your other threads, here;

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/319753

If you didn't treat the people here like complete & utter tw*ts, you may get help.

You need to learn respect & patience, just because someone is a newbie does not mean they need to "suck a lemon", or that they don't know anything...
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Lethal_B
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_ 		23. March 2006 @ 10:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
un-frigging believeable

Bird7-

You are an utter parasite to AfterDawn. I am speechless.
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ddp
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_ 		23. March 2006 @ 10:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
notice he hasn't replied since on both threads!
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pulsar
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_ 		23. March 2006 @ 11:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Highly unlikely now, me thinks...
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_ 		23. March 2006 @ 14:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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_ 		23. March 2006 @ 14:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ooooh, someones' brave!

LMAO!!
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